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Taxonomy
Family:
COMINELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Cominellidae (Family)
> Cominella (Genus)
> olsoni (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Cominella (Eucominia) olsoni Dell, 1956 accepted, alternate representation
=Eucominia olsoni Dell, 1956
Images: Cominella olsoni (Dell, 1956)
A large carnivorous Gastropod from deep water off the South Island
Mernoo Bank, Chatham Rise, NZ
Trawled 170-180 metres, Snares Bank, NZ
Taxonomy
Family:
COMINELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Cominellidae (Family)
> Cominella (Genus)
> olsoni (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Cominella (Eucominia) olsoni Dell, 1956 accepted, alternate representation
=Eucominia olsoni Dell, 1956
Details: Cominella olsoni (Dell, 1956)
Size/Grows to:
Height 63mm, Width 30mm
Distribution:
South Island. Mernoo Bank, Chatham Rise to Banks Peninsula. Off Puysegur Point, Fiordland
Geographical Range:
C
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.195)
  • Dell, R.K. 1956 The archibenthal Mollusca of New Zealand, Dominion Museum Bulletin, 18 (p.95) Original Description

Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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